onion
Indian govt removes minimum export price on onion
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) removed the MEP on onion with immediate effect
India's onion farmers cry foul at politicians' price recipe
Almost every Indian meal requires an onion -- one of the cooking essentials along with sugar and lentils that sweet-talking politicians use to curry favour with their voters by lowering costs
Onion seeds may get expensive for low yield
Onion seeds are often referred to as “black gold” by farmers in the Rajshahi region due to their dark shade and high market value. This stands true for the fact that when planting ran from October to early December last year, the seeds were sold at an average of Tk 5,000 per maund in the district, some 250 kilometres west of the capital.
Decision on onion import to come in 2-3 days
Agriculture minister says
'Onion import bar may go if prices continue rising'
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says
100% dependency on India for onion a wrong decision: Minister
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said he could not predict exactly when onion price will come under control in the country.
Onion price: No quick fix to bring normalcy; need long-term plan
Onion prices go beyond the capacity of general people as the prices of the essential cooking ingredient have already broken the previous records.
Onions should not make you cry
When things hit rock bottom humans have a tendency to find ways to laugh at them. It is related to that ambivalence of a bizarre event when you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Onion to be sold in open market from tomorrow
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.
Onion selling at Tk 120 a kg
Onion prices shot up to Tk 120 per kg in the kitchen markets of the city, an average rise of 28 percent from last week.
Onion prices soaring
Onion prices were nearly one and a half times that of a week ago, and local traders are blaming the hike on increased prices in India, the country's main source of import.
TCB to sell onion at Tk 50 per kg from tomorrow
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling onion at Tk 50 per kg across the country from tomorrow ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.